Eu estou tentando ter um thread separado em um aplicativo de WinForms C # iniciar um trabalhador de plano de fundo que controla um ProgressBar (letreiro digital). A questão é que, quando eu tento definir a barra para visível, ela simplesmente não faz nada, e eu tentei muitas formas de Invoke, mas elas não parecem ajudar.

O seguinte métodoprogressBarCycle é chamado de um thread separado.

    BackgroundWorker backgroundWorker = new BackgroundWorker();

    public void progressBarCycle(int duration)
    {
        backgroundWorker.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(backgroundWorker_DoWork);
        backgroundWorker.ProgressChanged += new ProgressChangedEventHandler(backgroundWorker_ProgressChanged);
        backgroundWorker.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(backgroundWorker_RunWorkerCompleted);
        backgroundWorker.WorkerReportsProgress = true;
        backgroundWorker.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true;
        backgroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync(duration);
    }

    private void backgroundWorker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
    {
        BackgroundWorker worker = sender as BackgroundWorker;

        worker.ReportProgress(0);

        DateTime end = DateTime.Now.AddMilliseconds((int)e.Argument);
        while (DateTime.Now <= end)
        {
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);
        }
    }

    private void backgroundWorker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (!this.IsHandleCreated)
            this.CreateHandle();
        statusStrip1.Invoke((MethodInvoker)delegate
        {
            progressBar1.Visible = false;
        });
        //    if (!this.IsHandleCreated)
        //    {
        //        this.CreateHandle();
        //        if (InvokeRequired) this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)(() => progressBar1.Visible = false));
        //        else progressBar1.Visible = false;
        //    }
        //    else
        //        if (InvokeRequired) this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)(() => progressBar1.Visible = false));
        //        else progressBar1.Visible = false;
    }

    private void backgroundWorker_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (!this.IsHandleCreated)
            this.CreateHandle();
        statusStrip1.Invoke((MethodInvoker)delegate
        {
            progressBar1.Visible = true;
        });
        //    if (!this.IsHandleCreated)
        //    {
        //        this.CreateHandle();
        //        if (InvokeRequired) this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)(() => progressBar1.Visible = true));
        //        else progressBar1.Visible = true;
        //    }
        //    else
        //        if (InvokeRequired) this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)(() => progressBar1.Visible = true));
        //        else progressBar1.Visible = true;
    }

Estou faltando alguma coisa óbvia aqui? As seções de comentários são outras coisas que eu tentei.